Battle of Camerinum

43°8′25.001″N 13°4′8.000″E / 43.14027806°N 13.06888889°E / 43.14027806; 13.06888889Result Samnite victoryBelligerents Roman Republic SamniumCommanders and leaders Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus Gellius EquatiusStrength One legion Unknown
Battle of Camerinum is located in Italy
Battle of Camerinum
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Location within Italy
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The Battle of Camerinum in 298 BC took place during the Third Samnite War. In the battle, the Samnites defeated a Roman legion under the command of the propraetor Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ of Megalopolis, Polybius. Histories 2.19.5-6.
  2. ^ Livius, Titus. Ab Urbe Condita 10.25.
  3. ^ Gill, N.S. "A Table of Roman Battles". Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  4. ^ Harbottle, Thomas Benfield (1904). Dictionary of battles from the earliest date to the present time. London: S. Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd. pp. 47. Camerinum.
  5. ^ Cornell, Tim (2017). The "Samnite Wars," 343-290 BC, in M. Whitby & H. Sidebottom (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles. p. 477. ISBN 978-1405186452.


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